I've painted lots of ceramic plates, but never made a mosaic... until now! It was a lot of work, and I'm not sure if I would be up to attempting another. I made this one for my saxophone teacher at university, as a thank you since I just graduated.

Before grouting:

And the final product:

I wanted it to look like stained glass, so I went with the black grout. But looking at the before picture, I kinda wish I had gone with a lighter grout.

actually, and i hope this doesn't come out wrong, but i looked at the 1st pic and thought "i hope that's not the finished piece, because it looks like it's missing something..." and then i looked at the final and thought "there it is!" because i think the dark grout gives it what it was missing. not sure what you would call that... the best i can think of is that it's a bit like shading. anyway, i think the prof should love it.